I was traveling down south visiting Health Centers and landed in the Memphis Airport and was walking between arrivals and departures when I saw a man with a gaggle of young children beside him. Walking by I glanced and by the time I got another ten paces I stopped and pivoted back to confirm my amazement. There in the middle of the Memphis airport was Muhammad Ali signing autographs for a group of young children. I looked around and saw…
“Now is the time to enroll.” This was the message about ObamaCare Open Enrollment from our wonderful Fall Enrollment Fair this last Monday. This is the message that our staff is communicating to our patients and members of our community. This is the message that Acting Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Jim Macrae, MA, MPP sent out in an email to HRSA grantees and stakeholders. Open enrollment started on November 1st and now is the time to…
Today, at the AIDS CT Annual Meeting, Maria Lorenzo, a case worker for our Oasis Wellness Center, was recognized with the Catherine Kennedy Award for Staff Excellence. This award is given for excellence in the HIV field. Maria was recognized for her years of service, unwavering commitment to our patients, dedication to CHC, and the joy and love with which she always does her job. She goes above and beyond what is expected of her on a daily basis. Congratulations,…
Tom Bodenheimer — physician, researcher, mensch and architect of the redesign of primary care — was the focus and namesake of this weekend’s symposium at the University of San Francisco Center for Excellence in Primary Care. Tom’s career spans 50 years, in which he has wasted no time in producing a prestigious amount of thought pieces about what he cares about most: providing and transforming primary care. At the conference, he left no doubt in anyone’s minds that this was not…
Two articles caught my eye today. The first was an issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund, which focused on the strength of America’s premier primary care safety net: community health centers. The article evaluated those health centers who had adopted the Patient Centered Medical Home ( PCMH) model of care. The study looks at the period from 2009 to 2013 and makes the observation that on almost all metrics, capability has improved dramatically – except in providing access to specialty care….
An email to CHC Staff, adapted for the blog: Greetings This has been a great week for equality in our country. Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the subsidies in the Affordable Care Act so that no matter what state you live in, you can continue to access affordable health insurance. Today they issued their ruling that everyone is entitled to marriage, no matter what your sexual orientation is or the state you live in. Every day, we work hard to…